The New York Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1879, Page 6

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STANDARD TH GLOBE THEA GRAND OPERA HOU: BOWERY THEATRE-E; PARK TREATR NEW YORK AQUARI LYCEUM THEATRE: Kz. CLYDE hak Banker's DavGurer. ATRE—Netie Levre, BOOTHS THEATRE RY 31, 1879, York and its vicinity to-day will be warmer and parily cloudy, possibly with rain toward night, To-morrow it will be colder and cloudy, with rain or snow. Watt Strevt Yesrerpay.—The stock market was active and feverish, particularly near the close, when prices declined. Government bonds were steady, States dull and railroads strong. Money on cali was efisy at 205 a 2a 3 per cent. Ix Maxine His appointments yesterday Mayor Cooper was good enough to remember the taxpayers by making a handsome reduction in salaries, ‘TROUBLE is said to be brewing in the Brook- lyn Tabernacle. Mr. Talmage’s style of preach- ing is not considered exactly the thing, and then it is charged that he has wandered from the pale of Presbyterian doctrine. Or the sixty thousand students in this country and Canada twenty-five thousand are said to be professed Christians. Prayers were offered in several of the churches yesterday for the conversion of the wicked ones. } case NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1879.—TRiIPLE SHEET. Election of a New President in France. France has changed her President—sud- denly, quietly, peacefully, without dis- order, almost without passion. President MacMahon’s resignation, threatened sev- eral times in the years in which he has held office, was yesterday actually transmitted to the President of the Chamber of Depu- ties, and by him read to that body. ‘The proper steps were forthwith taken to con- voke the two houses of Parliament in com- mon session, as the two houses so united citherof these | Constitute a National Assembly, with the power to fill a vacancy, however occasioned, in the Presidential office. They so meet by constitutional obligation in a such as is presented by the Marshal’s act, and proceed immediately to the choice of his successor. Con- vened at half-past four o'clock yesterday, the National Assembly chose M. Grévy President on the first vote by an overwhelm- ing majority, General Chanzy was the only other candidate, and received ninety-nine votes to five hundred and thirty-six for M. Grévy. In this event there is an ample realization of tho best that could be hoped as a result of the recent agitations. M. Grévy is at once a man known to bas hon- est and as conservative in a good sense as any man in France, and a thorough re- publican. It is a wonderful progress for the new Republic to be able to pass with such absolute tranquillity through a crisis like this. In the few words in which the Marshal states his reasons for the act of retirement from office he exhibits a clear comprehen- sion of the political necessities of the case, and presents his views so frankly and sim- ply.that neither his own countrymen nor the people of any other country will deal with them ungenerously in comment. Honor, duty and devotion to his country, he declares, have always been the pri- mary motives of his conduct, and as these are elements of a man’s in- tentions even the blunders he has made do not discredit this claim, so fairly presented by the sturdy old soldier. He yields his office now because he cannot act in it on his own convictions of the right. He refuses to violate the dictates of his conscience. He desires to take a certain course on a point of public importance, and a course that he believes is within the intention of the law. His views are difter- ent on this point from those of the Chathber, and the Ministry are united in the opinion, not merely that the Chamber must be sub- mitted to bécause ‘it is the ultimate deposi- tory of power, but that the view of the majority is right and wise on this point at issue. His persistence would, was formed in May, 1877—a Ministry drawn bers, if the demoeratic Tue Jury in the suit for the recovery of the | from the reactionary elements and groups { to” value of «i cargo of beef thrown overbourd from | o¢ gonspirators. France has pronounced | slave cal system, and a great debate and delibera- tion over a disputed Presidency. All the law of the case was argued over and over again, and at last it was seen that the law on either side was so fairly balanced that a hair would turn the scale one way or the other, and the primary prejudices of the judges supplicd the equivalent of that hair. Fifteen judges were divided— eight to seven—according to those convic- tions which made them republicans or democrats ; not that they were dishonest, but that those original tendencies of sym- pathy or prejudice gave’them their peculiar respective views of the application of the law to the facts. Had the cight been dem- ocrats the law would have come out the other way. Now they have had experiences in France, like this in the ultimate point, that it is the original inclination of the functionary's mind that determiues the re- sult, Consequently their earnest desire for a change in the military commands was to insure themselves against the calamity of finding the ‘‘copscience” of some old im- perialist or royalist against the protection {of the republican constitution at some | supreme moment of public peril. | Fortunately, the republicans have gained, | this great point at once and without a rufile of disturbance, -They have removed the last obstacle to the application of the law as it,is, and the last great danger that seemed to menace it. From personal ‘rule, from war and insurrection, aud from ao quasi-royal form of administration they have passed by regular stages till they have now a regular working machinery of gov- ernment, all of which has,come into opera- tion under the new constitution; and tor their courage, good will, patience and suc- cess they haggceverved! well of the country. Trying to Bulldoze the Northern Dem- ocrats. Our special.correspondent at Washington sends a lively Qccount of the pent-up wrath of the Southern’ members, of the House, which has been fermenting and efferves- cing since the recent plain-dealing speech of Mr. Bragg, and which is likely either to find vent or to explode during the morn- ing hour to-day. Most of the Northern democratic members: approve of the sub- stance of Mr. Bragg’s vigorous speech, al- though some of them think that his lan- guage was unnecessarily aggressive and defiant. We do not share that opinion. Mr. Bragg was as wise as he was courageous in forcing this thing to a crisis. Since the democrats have been in power in the House they have been very commend- ably trying to establish a claim to public confidence by retrenching the expenses of the government. But the Southern mem- therefore, only force the Ministry to resign. | bers, a majority of whom desire large appro- He could not obtain a Ministry with which priations for the benefit of their section, he would be in any better position; for one | wonld make all these claims to the merit of that would sustain his view on this point could not obtain the support of the major- ity in the House, and one that could obtain | Such invasions of the Treasury must be &@ majority would not support him. Conse- quently he could only repeat the un- pleasant experiment of a Ministry such as | be supported by the economy ridiculous ifthey could have their way in the matter of Southern claims. met and defeated on the frontier. The bold attitude of Mr. Bragg must Northern mem- party is ever powerful outside..<be.cld States. au. 2 osetia ach te the City of Brussels were treated to an inter | on that, and he does not wish deliberately | was ruined: twenty years ago because its esting scientific lecture yesterday vy Professor Doremus. ¥ xperiments show the necessity for the most rigid sanitary regulations. idea of dropping into political prophecy when he announced yesterday that he was going to Grasse, where he would probably remain for stme time; but the effect of reading the remark aloud must be.peculiarly gratifying to oppo- nents of MacMahon. In all this the Marshal has proceeded on purpose, Our common opinion of the functions of an executive scarcely leaves to insult public opinion. He therefore | Northern wing consisted of ‘‘doughtaces.” gives the last évidence of his sincerity in | The substance of Mr. Bragg’s manly decla- yielding his place to a successor who can | ration was, “‘No more doughfaces!” The conscientiously do what the Assembly re- quires. South may again defy the general public sentiment of the country as it did twenty years ago, but the Northern democrats convictions that imply assuredly an honest | must not again succumb. If the Southern wing of the party choose to bluster or threaten or sulk they must be left to ‘‘pad- cial fellow countrymen among the beauti- ful seenery of Mexico will not fail to awaken in them a higher appreciation of the wealth, resources and magnitude of this new com- mercial field, the contact with such good representatives of a land where prosperity, fostered by the spirit of enlightened liberty, forms the grand element of political and social strength, must inspire the people of Mexico with a respect fora neighbor who is too powerful to be unjust and too friendly to be distrusted. An Interview with General Crook. There is perhaps no officer of the army who has had better opportunities for a close study of the Indian character or who, is a more intelligent and competent ob- server than General Crook.* His interest- ing conversation with a Heranp correspond- ent which we print this morning is a valu- able addition to our means of judging of | the latest phases of the Indian question. General Crook thinks that the recent bloody affair with the “Cheyennes was un- avoidable from the moment when they de- reservation. ‘‘It was only,” said he, ‘‘what all who are familiar with the Indian charac- ter would have expected after the Chey- ennes had decided’ not to rgturn. ‘there was not military force enough in the de- partment to’ have taken them back alive.” General Crook thinks that this kind of desperate bravery is not peculiar to the Cheyennes, but is characteristic of the Ind- ian nature. Assuming this view to be correct it is clearly inexpedient to push other tribes into a similar state of despera- tion. General Crook thinks the Sioux would unquestionably have acted like the ; Chayennes under similar cireumstances. General Crook is reluctant to express any opinion of the causes which drove the Cheyennes to take so desperate a resolve, but he says enough to indicate his belief that their dogged refusal to go back was a consequence of ill treatment on the reserva- tion. ‘The Cheyennes,” he says, ‘‘went to the south voluntarily and with good feeling, and it would hardly be probable that they would prefer to die rather than return toward the south without some good rea- son. They were neither fools nor lunatics, and in deciding upon their course they cided to die rather than be sent back to the [ oughly the citizens who were deprived of their rights must have been intimidated by Mr. Davenport's threats and array of foreé to submit to the loss of their papers in the first instance without violent opposition. It is surprising that the outrage did not in some cases provoke conflicts and bloodshed, for the legal voter who was stripped of his privilege of citizenship was just as well satisfied that he was grossly wronged as he would have been had a highwayman robbed him of his purse. Mr. Davenport holdy his position under the appointment of ibe United States Circuit Court and is entitled to discharge its duties ‘so long as faithful and capable.” The power of appointment, no tenure of office being prescribed, in- cludes that of removal at the pleasure of the appointing power, and the appoint- ment of a successor is ipso faclo n removal of the incumbent, ‘he Court has already . passed judgment on Mr. Davenport's acts and ought certainly to promptly appoint | his successe: The Fairy Land of Sclence. | The London correspondent of the Haraxp, who, a few days ago, announced by cable the latest results reached by Mr. J, Norman Lockyer in his investigation of the solar problems, has lost no time in commu- nicating those full details for which our American scientists have so loudly called. Lhe long and interesting letter which we print this morning will enable the dis- tinguished professors in our universities, whose views upon this subject we lately presented to our readers, to form that definitive opinion for which the data have hitherto been wanting. The personal glimpses of the two modern magicians, Lockyer, and Crookes, which our cor- respondent cffords us, wll be found of interest; and, whatever the final verdict may be upon the question at issue, Americans may well be proud of the fact that their countrymen have furnished some of the most important materials for the solu- tion of the grand cosmic problem. It is gratifying to note that Mr. Lockyer os pressly and cordially acknowledges his in- dobtedness to our modest savans, Professor C. A. Young, of Princeton, and Mr. Lewis M. Rutherfurd, of this city;and his inci- dental commendation of the work, in knew as well as wo the probable result.” When the order came to conduct them back’ an attempt had to be made to obey it, and the soldiers are not responsible for the re- sult. ‘ General Crook does not anticipate new Indian troubles. He says the Indians at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies are at present quiet and contented, and that ‘they have an honest and capable agent.” The honest and capable agent isa most important ¢lement in the calculation. “If the promises made to them are kept,” says General Crook, “I see no prospect of room, it is true, for a man’s conscience tobe | dle their own canoe” and to see where it amendment | set up as an element of opposition against | will land them. They are entitled to jus- resolutions were debated in the Senate yester-| the will that it is his simple duty to | tice, self-government and the equal protec- day, the principal speech being made by Mr.| enforce, With us the Executive is the | tion of the laws,.but not to treat the Treas- Morgan, of Alabama, who sought out the weak | agent of the popular will, as that will is | ury as little Jack Horner did his Christmas spots in the political armor of the Vermont Sen- | declared by the appropriate organs; and | pie, If they flare up and tlrreaten . to Ey oe Shia, we acai Paeecas a the popular will, like the king in the| disrupt the party the Northern demo- have been more profitabl. ecu iy y mht) common law, “can do ‘no wrong.” He | crats must accept this asa lesser evil than pte ein ioe who has sworn to execute the will of | the farce of pretending to be par excellence ‘Tur Reronr of the Yellow Fever Commission | the nation as that will is declared | the party of economy while squandering contains a good deal of valuable and interesting | by the © competent authorities has | great sums on Southern claims, and as a information. Owing, however, to the limited | his conscienco anchored by that oath, | much lesser evil than a renewal of the old time in which tho investigation had to be made | and to come up and plead his conscience as | reproach that they are a set of “‘doughfaces,” all the attainable facts have not been gathered, | q source of power that may nullify the will | who meekfy submit to the dictatorial arro- and in view of the importance of the subject it | o¢ the people is to prove recreant to his | gance of the South, ‘Ihe democratic party * i he nr on suggestion thas. provision ike obligations. But these views of the simply | cannot afford to’ be wrecked a second time gu ined f Mier oh eee tee toe ministerial relation of the Executive cannot | by a craven fear of displeasing its former Te be applied too logically in a country that | masters. Aw Inka of the magnitude of the counter- | only the other day was.under a strictly per-- feiting business may be formed from the remark- | gonal authority and whose present consti- able statement of the engraver Ulrich before | tution has becn made while Marshal Mne- | whore pronunciamientos have hitherto been bike of Nye a eae Meegoagr april yester- | ytahon has been in office. Even less can alternating with earthquakes in keeping cintes printed counterfeits amounting to three | ‘MY be applied to @ soldier not clear | things lively and moving, a band of pesce- hundred and fifty thousund dollars, many of political ethics _ and badgered on | ful citizens of the United States is now pur- them on banks in this city. The strangest part | CV side by the diverse views of am- suing its journey in search of a prize which of his story, however, is that the gang to which | bitious men and women as to what are | nearly always rewards with wealth the lucky he belonged was sustained by a capitalist whoso | really his obligations to his country. In | finders, It is not a gold mine, yet it yields Mr. Epmunps’ constitutional A Movement on Mexico. In the vojcanic land of the Moctezumas, name he declined to disclose. Tue Weatuer.—The pressure is high in all the distriets except the northern section of the New England States, where it is relatively very Jow, owing to the northeastward movement of a disturbance over Nova Scotia. The barometer is fulling slowly in the Southwest and West, but is yet considerably above the mean. It is very probable, however, that a disturbance will ad- vance over the Gulf and into the South Atlantic States during to-day, and thence move parallel with the Atlantic coast on the eastern slope of wnies, reaching this district toanorrow Light rains have fallen in the western Gulf districts and the Rocky Mountain regions, and snow is reported over the northern lakes, but in very small quantities. Clear weather gener- ally prevailed, except in the central valleys and on the Gulf coast. Morning fogs continue in the latter district. The wind continues fresh to light throughout the country, except the north- tastern coast, where it rveased during yester- day. Variable temperatures are reported in the northern lake regions. They have risen in the eastern Gulf and have fal decidedly in the other districts, Rains, accompanied by rising temperatures, are likely to preeede the dis- turbance in its movenient through the Atlantic States, and when it will have passed our district the gradients will become steep, vansing increased winds. A very severe tornado was developed yesterday north of Vicksburg, Miss. The wind caused the loss of several lives and much damage to property. T + over the British Islands is threatening. The advance of the depression whieh is over the ocean off the coast of Ireland is retarded by an extensive aren of high barometer, but the rains that precede it are now commencing to fall, ‘The weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be warmer and partly cloudy, possibly with rain toward night. ( seidter and cloudy, with rain or snow, ‘To-morrow it will be | We may take a» familiar instance: him, if in anybody, it is in some degree ex- cusable to regard an executive as only a king without a crown. He even might de- fend himself in the refusal to displace corps commanders, his old*comrades in arms, on -the ground that he has faith in them, and that the law which makes him responsible for public order leaves with him the choice of those with whose aid he must preserve it. Indeed, the law does not require the change of corps commanders once in three years, but it gives the Executive authority to change them at the expiration of that date. He does not, therefore, make a merely obstructive objection in his stand on this point, But the Marshal considers the acts re- qtured “contrary to the interests of the army and consequently to those of the country.” He is convinced ot this and acts on his con- victions, He is guided ultimately by his conscience. Now, in this very fact the Mar- shal arms his opponents with the strongest possible argument against himself, For the case apprehended is precisely the one he puts. Other men have consciences so, and will act on them; and the Assembly wants to bo sure that the consciences that may be found at critical points in an emergency will be inclined the right way. Now, is the sum of his convictions--the outcome at once of all his early prejudices and his later experiences. ‘‘By education most have been misled,” and education rather than the law seems to shape men’s acts at last far more than we would care to believe. ‘Two years ago we had a great crisis in gur politi- gold in abundance. The avenues that lead to it are rarely opened permanently by the sword, but their barriers fall down before the march of peaceful enterprise. It is trade that our countrymen are secking in Mexico, and, judging from the friendliness of their reception by the government and peo- ple of that sunny land, few difficulties lie in the way of the accomplishment of their purpose. The letter of our special com- missioner, who accompanies the vanguard of the army of peace now in Mexico, and which we print to-day, depicts a country and treats of a people worthy of a magnifi- gent future, if the one thing needed can be secured, and that is political stability. It is o familiar saying that ‘the devil finds plenty of work for idle hands,” and in ap- plying it to the condition of political and social affuirs in Mexico we point out the ‘root of all the evils from which she suffers. If these glorious valleys can be made to resound with the notes of labor pence will smilo onthe land. Nature gives the harvest, but man does not gather it. What the mass of the Mexican people neéd now is employ- ment for their superabundant energies in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, manu- facture and commerce, and such as will leave them nv time to attend to the dis« » weather | q man’s conscience in points of this nature | tracting appeals of an army of candidates for political power. To know what the Mexicans are capable of accomplishing, even in the intervals, of calm between their revolutions, it is only necessary to examine their institutions of science, art and literature, which deservedly hold high rank among those of more favored na- tious, If the iournevines of our commer. trouble with them. Any apprehensions of trouble at the Red Cloud or Spotted Tail another sphere, of Professors Hayden and Marsh is scarcely less noteworthy. These names, together with those of Professors Joseph Henry, John William Draper and Henry Draper, will assuredly figure in fame’s bead-roll along with their British compeers, Professors Stokes, Huggins and Frankland. ! Of the new and startling conceptions in- troduced into science by the discoveries of Lockyer and Crookes, as well as by the mathematical speculations upon the same subject lately given tothe world by Men- deleef, Lothar-Meyer, Newlands, Stoney, Wilde, Wakiner and Schmidt, it i» too early to hazard an opinion, bu* it may be Agency, under existing circumstances, are groundless.” Hg thinks there is a great deal of ‘4 ”. in the .ae- cppeeoee owitting 1, bug does not know whether this chief crossed the Dorcer~ and Is “CONLIN” P But with regard to the Indians in general he thinks ‘‘all the signs are more indica- tive of peace than for several years ; pro- vided, of course, that they are properly treated and that all promises are kept with them.” This opinion, coming from such a source, is hopeful and reassuring. There is another point in the interview which deserves attention. The power, of the Indians and their confidence in them- selves is greatly increased by the possession of breech-loading rifles, ‘Lhe time when it could be said that one soldier was equal to several Indians has gone by. The re- verse is now nearer the trutlf.” The whole Indian problem has changed within the last five or six. years, and it is absurd to go blindly on in accordance with the old methods. Death at the Altar. The sudden death of Father Pelletier ot the foot of the altar while in the act of ad- ministering the sacrament of marringe at St. Francis Xavier's Church on last Wednesday evening wasa very sadevent. The wedding was one which had been postponed for o week’ in consequence of the death of a near relative of the bridegroom ; but the delay had only served to add interest to the cere- mony and to increase the attendance of the friends of the happy couple. The church was brilliantly lighted and lavishly orna- mented with flowers, and as the organ pealed forth its welcome no one dreamed that a cloud of sorrow would so soon overshadow the scene. ‘The heart of tho officiating minister was in his work, for he had been the groom’s pre- ceptor, and affection as well as duty prompted the words of exhortation and advice which he addressed to the young couple as a preliminary to the sacrament. Scarcely had his utterances ceased, when, as he stretched forth his hand to pronounce a benediction, death arrested the act and, sinking down at the railings of the sanc- tuary, he passed away without a struggle and apparently without pain. The fatal result was kept from the knowledge of the wedding party until the completion of the services by another clergyman, the belief being that Father Pelletier had simply been attacked by a fainting fit. ‘The de- evused clergyman was apprehensive of a sudden death, and his wish, expressed to his friends, was that, «should his fears be well founded, his last breath might be drawn at the altar’s foot. ; Baeersinste Davenport’s Doings. Tho scenes enacted before the committec now engaged in investigating the conduct of United States Commissioner Davenport illustrate the arbitrary and dangerous char- netor of that officer's proceedings. One witness, whose naturalization papers were illegally seized and kept by the Commis- sioner, had served in the United States Army during the war and obtained his citi- zenship in 1868, In the committee room he got possession of his papers, which had been produced in evidence, and at first re- fused to give them up, although at the re- quest of counsel he subsequently con- sented to hand them to the chairman of the ‘The incident proves how thor+ committee. safely assumed that these flames and the’ ideas which they represent must become increasingly familiar in the near future. And while: due. honor is rendered to these , intellectual athletes it would be unjust to tiste Dumas, who, before Mr. Lockyer’s birth, expressed their belief in the ultimate unity of matter. ‘The outcome of all the con- verging lines of research will doubtless prove to be the establishment upon a firm experimental basis of the great science of the cosmic atoms and their vibrations, for which the name of palmatics has been pro- posed. It will be seen that the remarks we made a few days ago upon the philological uspect of these physical discoveries were not at all exaggerated. Mr. Lockyer himself com- plains of the necessity laid upon him of in- venting not merely a new dictionary, but a new grammar, tor the proper presentation of his novel views. We have the satisfac- tion to know that the suggestions then made in our columns respecting the terms “chromatosphere,” ‘‘diastasis” and ‘‘syn- stasis” have received the approval of several competent scientists. As for the ugly term “‘altra gaseous,” as applied to the fourth ‘‘state of matter” just demonstrated by Professor Crookes, there is, however, no occasion to call upon the philoiogists, inasmuch as that state of mat- ter was theoretically announced twenty years ago by the late Professor Joseph Henry, under the name “ethereal,” which is good enough for all practical purposes. In fact, it would seem that Professor Crookes’ discovery is a virtual rehabilitation of the cosmic theories which wero epter- tained four centuries before the Christian era by certain Grecian philosophers, who, under the names “earth, water, air and fire” taught a correct classification of matter into the solid, liquid, atmospheric and ethe- real domains. ‘Thus the last word of science is often but the triumphant justifi- cation of the intuitions of the youthlul world, What Was Shakespeare ? The world has been hearing for more than two centuries of the many invaluable charne- teristics and uses of Shakespeare as found in his writings, but how many admirers of the master dramatist realize how indestruc- tible Shakespeare the individual is as o topic for writers? The very fact that noth- ing of consequence is known of his personal history sharpens the pen and prorokes a flow of persuasive ink until the Bard of Avon has personally been clothed upon with as many guises ns the most inveterate “atility man’’at one of his own theatres. We have had books, essays and other spec- ulations on Shakespeare aso gentleman, o hoor, a schoolboy, a traveller, a lawyer, a physician, o churchman, a lover, a wine bibber, an abstniner, o theologian, o theosophist, a free lover, on aristocrat, o democrat, a husband, a father, @ horse boy, a politician, a good little boy of the Sunday school literature variety, an Ameri« can, a Frenchman, a Scotchinan, a negro, & sailor and a woman—as Lord Bacon, Sir Walter Raleigh and nobody in particular— and speculation of this nature shows no signs of weariness, Within this first month of a new year we have at least two more articles on Shakespeare's personality—an essay in Appleton's Monthly trom the pen of Mr. Appleton Morgan, and entitled ‘The Shokosperean Mvth,” and an ingenious and entertaining treatise, ‘Was Shakespeare a Catholic ?” which Mr. 8. B. A. Harper gives to the world through the broad pages of the American Catholic Quarterly Ieview. All of the theories alluded to have enter- tained cliques and partios more or less large, and have, one and all, been peculiarly delightful, because out of almost nothing they have perfected such fair and fascinate ing creations. ‘the material vemains as great—or little—as ever ; the bard’s hold upon humanity has strengthened with every year of the world’s progress during the past two centuries, so there is no reason why we may not with confident anticipation look forward to seeing the immortal Will- iam in several hundred more poses, and each one according to evidence qrawn di- rectly from his own pages. We may fail to learn who and what Shakespeare really was, but there is so much more to find ont that the pangs of this little disappointment will be more than alleviated. Reducing Fares. The reduction of the stage fares to five cents is a concession to the popul-< demand for cheap #avel, but des not render a Brondwsy railtond any the less desirable. If i should Inrgely. increase the travel oa Eroadway it would, indeed, only make 'a street railroad the more necessary, a8 an addition to the pres ent pumber of stages would produce more frequent blockades. People now insist upon travelling comfortably and rapidly as well as at reasonable rates, and there is scarcely a property owner on Broadway, be- tween Union square and the Battery, to be found to-day dvers¢ to's Broadway rail- road, while a few years ago it was rare to find one in favor of such a road. It has been suggested that inasmuch gs the street cleaning authorities always keep Broadway clear, however much they neglect other thoroughfares, we should be sure in the winter of at least one unobstructed line of cars if the Broadway railroad should be con- structed, while the railroad company would assist the city authorities in the work of re« moving the snow promptly. The stage companies have, however, acted wisely in reducing their fares, and it would be weil for the elevated railroad corporations to follow the example. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Mr. R. H. Dana arrived in the Scythia, Governor Bullock has arrived from Europe, Mr. Theodore D. Woolsey, of New Haven, is at the Evorett House, i ’ ‘The devil fish, according to Professor Frederic, has purely blue blood. ‘ Count and Countess de Montsaulnin, of France, are | at the Buckingham Hotel, An enthusiastic reception was accorded Senator- elect Matt H. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, on his arrival at Washington last evening. \ ‘Mr, Webb Hayes recently wore a buttonhole bouquet at a reception. Almost all the Washington corre- spondents are speaking of this startling fact. Captain General Martinez-Campos will embark from Havane for Spain on Februery 15 for the pure pose of consulting with the home goyernment. Captain Payl Boyton arrived in Washington yes- terday, and will give an exhibition of his life saving apparatus before prominent government officials at the navy yard Saturday. Senator-elest “Cerro Goro” Williams,’of Ken- tucky, 18 Over six feot high. He is in Washington, and is being made much of by people to whom he ia introduced by Senator McCreery. Salvini has, according to 7ruth, written a strong recommendation of Mlle. Antonini, a young Portu- guese lady who has five languages at her command, She has appeared st Steinway Hall, London, with success, General Sherman yesterday reviewéd the troops at McPherson Barracks and visited the various batcle fields around Atlanta, Ga; He expressed great grati- fication at the prosperity of Atlanta. He will leava at two P. M. to-day for Savannah. ‘The Episcopal Council of the New Orleans diocese has decided, by a vote of both the clergy and laity, to select the Right Rev. J. 11, Wingfleld, now Missionary Bishop of Northern California, to occupy the posi- tion made vacant by the death of Bishop Wilmer. London Truth:—"The wife df one of the most emi- nent of French financialists fell in love with a prince of the French imperial family, The financialist bore his domestic troubles with Christian forbearance, but the lady, taking seriously the proverb of ‘like mas ter, like man,’ has now run away with the groom.”* ~~ OBITUARY. THOMAS SOPWITH, F. 0. 8., ENGLISH ENGINEER, Thomas Sopwith, who died at Westminster, Jan- uary 16, was born at Newcastie-on-Tyne in1803, be came a distinguished mining and railway cngineot both in England and on the Continent, was appointed in 1833 Royal Commissioner of the Forest of Dean and in the same year was instrumental, through thy influence of the British Association, in securing th establishment of the Mining Record Office. He in vented and constructed. the large geological wodch of mining districts now in the Govermnent Museum of Practical wp at London and in the museunu of Oxford and Cambridge, and was’ manager of thi famous lead mines of Northumberland and Durham from 1845 until 1871, when he retired from pro fessional life, after fifty years’ service. He was aw thor of several works on architecture and mining. JESSE TALBOT, PAINTER, There died at his residence, in Brooklyn, om ‘Wednesday last, from the effects of a fall, Jesse ‘Tal bot, an aged American artist. Among his works which were chiefly landscapes, was a scene on “The Juanita,” which has been engraved. Mr. Talbot eat) in life was employed as confidential clerk by tht American Tract Society, and served that body and many other benevolent and rehgious socicties with great fidelity. During this period his paasion for art was so great that he devoted all the leisure he could secure to Pongo as an amateur. His landscapes are seattercd in various coliections—one a striking view of the natural bridge of Virginia, is one of his best. Another important work is ‘Hendrik Hudson’s Voyage Up the River.” ‘There are many views of Catskill scenery and of the Adirondack region. He has been for many years an associate member of the National Academy of Desigu. ee, SULEIVANT. Michael Sullivant, a Than of national reputation ag one of the largest cultivators of land ever known, died suddenly Wednesday while sitting in a chair in the cabin of the steamer Guthrie, en route from Evansville, Ind., to Louisville, Ky. He died penni+ less, At onc tine Mr, Sullivant possessed 80,000 acres 4 in Ford county, Il. In 1872 he had under Cuitivation 18,00) aces of corn, with a proportionate acteage of oats and hay. ‘To form a yeneral idea of the extent of this great furm it may be stated that 8, acres in # strip one mile wide would reach 124 miles, or in the form of a square would measure eleven miles on cach of the four sides. ‘ DR, TIMOTHY KENRICK, A telegram has been received at Franklin, N. H., from Bishop McQuade, of New York, now in Italy, announcing the death of Dr. Timothy Kenrick, in that city, yesterday, of typhus fever, Dr. Kenrick formerly assistant surgeon ct Barstow Asylun for thie Iteene at Flushing, N. ¥., butfor the past wo yours he was connected with the Asylum for the Piste at Utica, N. ¥., and at the time of his death it of the latter institution, ‘was travelling with @ patient COUNT METTERNICH, ‘The death is announced of Count Metternich, the woll known sportsman, Which occurred at Pisa, from consumption, on the 4th inst., at the carly age of thirty, leaving a young widow (a daughter of Count Furstenberg) sud two children to mourn their loss, Count Metternich rosided st Baden Baden, and was the eldest brother of Count Fritz Metternich, with whom he divided popularity throughout the racing, sterplechasing and shooting circles of Austria wud Germany. :